Some chromeboxes are nice too, can be a little cheaper than an NUC. For under 200$ you get a pretty decent little Asus ChromeBox M004U with a Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.4 GHz, pretty decent as a Kodi/xbmc media server and most probably capable of handling most emulators up to n64, maybe dolphin if not in FullHD. Put in more dollars (~350$) and you get an i3.

Some chromeboxes are nice too, can be a little cheaper than an NUC. For under 200$ you get a pretty decent little Asus ChromeBox M004U with a Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.4 GHz, pretty decent as a Kodi/xbmc media server and most probably capable of handling most emulators up to n64, maybe dolphin if not in FullHD. Put in more dollars (~350$) and you get an i3.

Remove the chrome OS as soon as you get it and put Linux (or Windows) on the thing and it's one of the cheapest yet useful little PC you can get. Heck the thing even runs crysis3 at 20 fps.

I don't wanna make a salesman out of myself, but it's worth knowing that it's an interesting option for low budgets. Celeron is really not what it was before.

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Seems like Celeron is a bit better than what it was. Still a decent CPU for occasional browsing and casual gaming. Does it run Crysis at low med or high? Interesting seeing how Intel cards are usually gross... and quite picky...

MK4 is likely to be very demanding if you are talking about MAME. The PS1 version could be emulated on the RPi2 well most likely. But it's still the PS1 version.

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There's also a PC version of MK4. That's likely to run faster and will be more accurate to the arcade than using an emulator. You need to have Windows, and I'm not sure how well it would work with newer versions of Windows. I actually have a copy of it sitting in the other room, but it's rather scratched up, so I'm not sure if it works anymore.

I tried a few Mame games on the Pi 2 this morning, it was a waste of time it uses a really old version of Mame. Older game work well, I tried Killer Instinct couldn't even get it to load, same goes for Street Fighter 3.

Playstation works really well, I played Resident Evil 3 Exhumed and Ridge Racer all work perfectly.

I wouldn't recommend getting a Pi 2 for Arcade stuff, maybe in a few months things will improve after all the Pi 2 was only just released and most software is still not optimised for it. It's great for Mega Drive a SNES stuff that's why I got mine.

Some chromeboxes are nice too, can be a little cheaper than an NUC. For under 200$ you get a pretty decent little Asus ChromeBox M004U with a Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.4 GHz, pretty decent as a Kodi/xbmc media server and most probably capable of handling most emulators up to n64, maybe dolphin if not in FullHD. Put in more dollars (~350$) and you get an i3.

Seems like Celeron is a bit better than what it was. Still a decent CPU for occasional browsing and casual gaming. Does it run Crysis at low med or high? Interesting seeing how Intel cards are usually gross... and quite picky...

It seems like everyone's missed the main question here: why would anyone want to play MK4?

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Why did I know before I even click in that this would be your post.

I'm a huge MK fan and while MKX basically replaces MK4 storywise. There are a few good ideas in MK4 like weapons, a few characters that haven't reappeared anywhere besides Armageddon, and the endings are so bad they're good.

I think it's probably the worst game in the series (disregarding certain spin-offs): grimdarkness and seriousness in place of the goofy charm and sense of humor that MK 1-3 had, an ugly graphical style and clunky gameplay. Deadly Alliance had weapons and that was...playable, at least.